What are your top talent challenges?

What are your top talent challenges?

Retention, penetration of leadership, and productivity are some of the top issues on the minds of talent practitioners in the Southeast Asia region today.

“Being in the pharma industry, the biggest challenge is retention, with an industry attrition rate of about 25%,” said Shazmi Ali, director of HR at Pfizer Malaysia, who sat on a panel at the inaugural edition of Talent Management Asia, Malaysia.

In his opinion, another challenge that companies in Asia face is a mindset issue: “There are 2 billion people in Asia, I’m sure we can find someone for the job.”